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Main definitions of surrey in English

surrey1

noun

(in the US) a light four-wheeled carriage with two seats facing forwards.

‘Adam made sure his brother's tie was straight and his best coat was brushed, and Joe had polished up the surrey until it gleamed.’

‘You can walk around the downtown area to see the sights but another way of seeing the contrasts is from the seat of a horse-drawn surrey - with or without the fringe on top.’

‘Owing to a harsh winter and business overload in the spring, it had been close to four months since I'd been out to my country club, so you can imagine my surprise when I drove up and saw all the surreys with the fringe on top.’

‘You can rent a surrey or even a Harley Davidson, or tour the Smuggler Mine, which gave up the world's largest silver nugget - 1840 pounds - back in 1894.’

‘Did he take you out in the surrey with the fringe on top?’

Origin

Late 19th century: originally denoting a Surrey cart, first made in Surrey, from which the carriage was later adapted.